As you might expect, Christmas is a time of year that children love. My kids are no exception - and being ASD, they expect certain things. A while back, TOH and I came up with our own Midwinter Festival which we call "Satyulemas" - this starts on the 17th December (Saturnalia), takes in Yule on the…
Recipe Post: Barry’s Mince
When I cook, I use all my senses… which is pretty normal, I suppose, but in my case if I don’t get the smell, taste or look right, my family won’t be happy (on a large scale). This recipe is a case in point, and I’ll explain why as I go along… It’s named for…
Being a Mother
I have this absurd idea of what a family is supposed to be like. It's an amalgamation of all the things that I've absorbed from TV, Movies, books as I grew up. That's how ASD kids learn a lot of the time, you see; it means that we tend to have odd notions of how…
ASD and Food
Food is a tricky subject when you're Autistic. And with the number of autistics in my family, we tend toward quite a boring diet. We have the same meals over and over again, unless I deliberately force them to try something different. Our family loves Italian food. However, TOH'll eat any kind of pasta... except…
How to bring up a Neuro-Divergent Family without going crazy... 